#Bridgeport CT– Wednesday, Ribbon-cutting for the new Bridgeport Police Post located at St. Vincent’s Emergency Room providing an improved sense of safety and reducing response time in the event of an emergency. St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation presented the Bridgeport Police Department (BPD) with 400 individual bleeding control kits for its police officers, a donation valued at $40,000. In the event that an officer suffers a gunshot wound or is otherwise injured in the line of duty, these kits will enable them to apply either self-aid or “buddy” aid to their partners.